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Question 0

Who resigned office?

Not president

Answer 0

Theodore Roosevelt

Question 1

What was the victory in the Atlantic?

Answer 1

• Spanish Admiral Cervera
• Spanish fleet wanted to keep honor and not take cities
• tried to hide in Santiago, Cuba
• July 3,1898: made dash to get to open sea
• U.S. waiting for them
• no ship escaped

Question 2

What group was Roosevelt in?

Answer 2

“Rough Riders”

Question 3

What did “Rough Riders” have?

Answer 3

Antique rifles, bad food, bad sanitary conditions, no hospitals

Question 4

What did hundreds of (“Rough Riders”) soldiers die from?

Answer 4

Dysentery, typhoid, malaria, yellow fever

Question 5

Who founded the American Red Cross?

Answer 5

Clara Barton

Question 6

What occurred June 24, 1898?

Answer 6

U.S. Gen. William Shafter pushed troops to near Santiago, Cuba

Question 7

Soldiers in Puerto Rico:

Answer 7

Nelson Miles, no opposition

Question 8

What happened October 1898 in Paris?

Answer 8

• Spain surrendered claims to Cuba
• Ceded to US: Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines
• Also gets wake Island
• U.S. $20million

Question 9

What happened in the Philippines?

Answer 9

• Mckinley decided to have American rule, they rejected that idea
• 1898-1902: War in Philippines
• 70,000 troops –> $175million
• US win in 1902
• created government for islands (effective 1907)
• U.S. had congress to veto any legislation

Question 10

What happened in Hawaii?

Answer 10

1875: Hawaii signed treaty with US
1887: Naval base, Pearl Harbor
-Hawaiians didn’t like power + wealth in foreign lands
-soldiers refused to fight
-February 1, 1893 American raised flag
-Cleveland: lowered flag
1898 Hawaii annexed as permanent US territory

Question 11

What happened by the 1900s?

Answer 11

US made territory in Pacific of:
Hawaii 
Midway
Guam
Wake Island
Philippines
part of Somoa